Léonie Simaga
Acting • Born 1977-11-30
Biography
Léonie Simaga, born in 1978 in Marseille, is a French actress and director, member of the Comédie-Française from 2010 to 2015. Her father and mother met in Rennes during their studies. She, from Brittany, is preparing to teach French. He, from Mali, is an agricultural engineer. His Breton grandfather, Jean-Baptiste Le Gall, died during the liberation of Brest in 1944, was decorated with the Legion of Honor. After her baccalaureate obtained at the House of Education of the Legion of Honor, she entered hypokhâgne, then khâgne in Parisian high schools and then obtained her diploma from the Institute of Political Studies of Paris4 (class of 20025). She also holds a degree in history. She studied theater at the Asnières Studio-theater, then at the National Higher Conservatory of Dramatic Art from 2002 to 2005. She played at the Comédie-Française in Esther by Racine, then in 2004, in Papa must eat by Marie NDiaye . She was hired as a resident in 2005. She notably performed the role of the Infanta in Corneille's Le Cid during the 2005-2006 season, and in 2007 played the role of Chimène in the same play, alternating with the role of Lucietta in Goldoni's play Il campiello. She became a member of the Comédie-Française on January 1, 2010. Léonie Simaga also directs several productions for the Comédie-Française such as, in 2007, Pour un oui ou pour un non by Nathalie Sarraute and, in 2014, Othello by William Shakespeare. She left the Comédie-Française at the end of 2015.
Filmography
53 credits
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
Movie • 2021
(Voix Off)
Summer of revolution
Movie • 2022
Annette Lévy-Willard (voix)
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
Movie • 2023
Self - Narrator (voice)
Restitution? Africa's Fight for Its Art
Movie • 2022
Narrator
All About Actresses
Movie • 2009
La baby-sitter
Mon pote
Movie • 2010
Anna Duchêne, Bruno's wife
Avant la catastrophe - La Chute de la République de Weimar (1930-1933)
Movie • 2022
Narratrice
The Green Perfume
Movie • 2022
Louise
Save Our School
Movie • 2022
Ingrid
Newark USA: Far from the American Dream
Movie • 2023
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Peace and Love Process
Movie • 2023
Aïssa
Respire
Movie • 2023
Sofia
Meurtres à Albi
Movie • 2021
Annabelle Dalmasio
Just Love!
Movie • 2013
Silvia
L'Orientalisme
Movie • 2019
Narrator
Alfred and Lucie Dreyfus, with Kiss as Deep as My Love
Movie • 2022
Lucie Dreyfus (voice)
Edvard Munch : Un cri dans la nature
Movie • 2022
narrator
Les Secrets du Paquebot
Movie • 2023
Léa
Un chapeau de paille d'Italie
Movie • 2012
Virginie, bonne chez Beauperthuis
Jeune Femme
Movie • 2017
Yuki
A Season in France
Movie • 2018
Martine
Alice and the Mayor
Movie • 2019
Isabelle Leinsdorf
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
Movie • 2018
Narrator (voice)
Closed Circuit
Movie • 2013
Léa
Little Tickles
Movie • 2018
Lola
Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran
Movie • 2015
Self
Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard
Movie • 2012
Silvia
Alain Resnais, the Audacious
Movie • 2022
Narrator (voice)
Jean Vilar, le rêve du théâtre pour tous
Movie • 2021
Narration
Maïco : Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, la révoltée
Movie • 2024
Narratrice
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
Movie • 2025
Self - Narrator (voice)
Maisonneuve - A School of the World
Movie • 2020
Narratrice (voix-off)
Un peu avant minuit
Movie
Les Justicières de Saint Flour
Movie
Guru
Movie • 2026
Karla Demaison
Murders in...
TV • 2013
Annabelle Dalmasio
Je te promets
TV • 2021
Agnès Gallo
Trepalium
TV • 2016
Izia Katell / Thaïs Garcia
Les Impatientes
TV • 2018
Isabelle Maroni
Les Limiers
TV • 2013
Sara Mauduit
LT-21
TV • 2023
Asia Dialo
The Long War: Iran, Israel, USA
TV • 2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
37 secondes
TV • 2025
Laurence Binet
Clean
TV • 2025
Jess
Brocéliande
TV • 2024
Pauline Diawara
Le Négociateur
TV • 2024
Frédérique
Machine
TV • 2024
Colonel Karras
The Eddy
TV • 2020
Commandant Keita
The Flame
TV • 2020
Sarah
Auschwitz, survivors tell their stories
TV • 2025
Narratrice
Apparences
TV • 2026
Capitaine Sarah Santoni
The Intruder
TV • 2025
Aline
French Soldiers of the Third Reich
TV • 2026
Narrator (voice)